Bottle Rack

Marcel Duchamp's Bottle Rack (1914) is a prime example of a "ready-made" artwork. This concept, coined by Duchamp, involves selecting an ordinary, mass-produced object and designating it as art, often by adding a title and signature. Duchamp's intention was to challenge the traditional notion of unique, artist-created objects and to emphasize the intellectual aspect of art over the material. Bottle Rack was a "pure ready-made," consisting of a single item, unlike his earlier "ready-made assisted" works. This approach influenced movements like Dada, Pop art, and conceptual art.123